Southern Ming

The Southern Ming (1644-1683) was a movement of loyalists to the Ming dynasty that attempted to continue Ming rule in southern China. Initially based in the city of Yangzhou, they were pushed out of the city after a 1645 siege, and they continued to be pushed back by the Qing dynasty forces until the fall of their last stronghold on Taiwan in 1683.

History
The Ming dynasty fell in 1644 when Beijing was conquered by the Manchus, who founded the Qing dynasty of China. The remnants of the Ming proceeded to set up their capital at Yangzhou, but in May 1645 the Manchus besieged the city and captured it, killing 800,000 people in the "Yangzhou Massacre". Nanjing later surrendered, and the capitals fell one-by-one: Fuzhou in 1646, Guangzhou in 1647, and Anlong in 1659. The Ming had increased power when loyalist Koxinga (born Zheng Chenggong) seized Taiwan from the United Provinces in 1661 and used the island as a base for the Ming, but in 1683, after Koxinga's death, the Kangxi Emperor assembled a large fleet and reconquered Taiwan. The Southern Ming's last stronghold fell to the Manchus, and the Manchus ruled China until 1911, 267 years.